bi-healdan
to hold by or near, guard, observe, preserve ⬩ tenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservare ⬩ to see, look on, behold ⬩ videre, intueri, aspicere
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to hold by or near, guard, observe, preserve; tenere, inhabitare, custodire, servare, præservare Ðǽr se ánhaga eard bihealdeþ there the lonely [bird] holds its dwelling, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 21; Ph. 87.
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ge-lettan
To hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ let ⬩ stop ⬩ retardare ⬩ impedire
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To hraðe hine gelette lidmanna sum ðá he ðæs eorles earm amyrde too soon one of the seamen hindered him when he disabled the earl's arm, Byrht. Th. 136, 40; By. 164.
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tabule
a table ⬩ a board which is struck to give a signal
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a table Hæfdon hí mid him gehálgode fato and gehálgode tabulan on wigbedes wrixle habentes secum vascula sacra et tabulam altaris vice dedicatam, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 34. a tablet, table on which to inscribe Ðæra eára getæl hæfþ seó tabule ðe wé mearkian
swyle
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Se earm wæs on mycelne swyle gecyrred . . . ðeáh ðe se swyle ðæs earmes gesýne sí brachium versum est in tumorem . . . tametsi tumor brachii manere videretur, 5, 3; S. 616, 6, 38. Ðá ásweóll him se líchama . . .
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un-spédig
without means ⬩ poor ⬩ indigent ⬩ barren ⬩ poor ⬩ unproductive
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Þeáh hý sýn on ðyson woroldsǽlþon ða unspédgestan, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 4. barren, poor, unproductive Hió gesǽton sorgfulre land, eard and éðyl unspédigran fremena gehwylcre, Cd. Th. 59, 12; Gen. 962
ge-strangian
To make strong ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ rōbŏrāre ⬩ corrōbŏrāre ⬩ confortāre ⬩ conflrmāre
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Anal. 29, 1 Earm mín gestrangaþ hine brachium meum confortābit eum, Ps. Spl. 88, 21: Salm. Kmbl. 477; Sal. 239. He gestrangode hine illos confortāvĕrit, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 16.
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ge-þafa
A favourer ⬩ supporter ⬩ helper ⬩ assenter ⬩ consenter ⬩ fautor ⬩ adjūtor
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Hwí ne eart ðú his geþafa why art thou not an assenter to this? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 13: L. De Cf. 7; Th. ii, 262, 30. Ic eom geþafa I am convinced, I am an assenter, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 13: 36, 5; Fox, 180, 16: 38, 2; Fox 196, 16.
lám
Clay ⬩ mud ⬩ mire ⬩ earth
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Láme bitolden covered with earth [buried], Exon. 64 a; Th. 235, 11; Ph. 555: 50 a; Th. 173, 27; Gú. 1167: 117 b; Th. 451, 5; Dóm. 99.
BRÉMEL
A BRAMBLE, brier, blackberry bush ⬩ ribulus, vepres, rubus fruticosus,
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Wið útwærce, brémbel ðe síen begen endas on eorþan for dysentery, a bramble of which both ends are in the earth, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 290, 30. Seó eorþe sylþ ðé þornas and brémblas the earth shall give thee thorns and brambles, Homl.
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teáh
a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)
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Gl. 514, 70. v. a case, coffer, casket, box Cest vel earc cistella, tǽg mozytia vel arcula, Wrt. Voc. i. 16. 38. Taeg mantega ( = mantica? ), Txts. 35, 19: 77, 1300. Tíg, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 57.
ÉCE
Eternal, perpetual, everlasting ⬩ sempĭternus, æternus
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On ðone écan eard ussa sáwla to the eternal region of our souls, Bt. Met. Fox 23, 21; Met. 23, 11. He him éce meaht geceás he chose to himself eternal power, Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 34; Gú. 852.
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éþel
fatherland
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Srt. 21, 28. the land of the living, this world: On éþele ł earde lifigendra in regione uiuorum, Ps.
ge-bletsian
To bless ⬩ consecrate ⬩ benedīcĕre ⬩ consecrāre
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Ðú gebletsad eart thou art blessed, Cd. 192; Th. 241, 18; Dan. 406: 83; Th. 105, 13; Gen. 1752
segnian
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Hine sylfne séniende signando sese, Bd. 4, 24 ; S. 599, 13. without reference to the sign of the cross Segnade earce innan ágenum spédum Nergend, Cd. Th. 82, 21 ; Gen. 1365 : 83, 35 ; Gen. 1390. of speech (?) Ué sægnade bene dicimus, Jn. Skt.
þyrel
Perforated ⬩ having a hole or holes ⬩ pierced through
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Perforated, having a hole or holes, pierced through Gif eáre þirel weorðeþ, .iii. sciłł. gebéte, L. Ethb. 41; Th. i. 14, 6: 49; Th. i. 14, 15. Þyrel, 45; Th. i. 14, 10. Gif monnes þeóh biþ þyrel (þyrl, MS. B.), L.
ge-dreccan
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Hunger þisne eard swíðe gedrehte, 1096; P. 233, 5. Arn egeslic wæter . . . Hé mid þám gedræht wæs, Vis. Lfc. 4, 6.
gleáwlíce
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Add: skilfully Eart þú gleáwlíce swá limwǽdum leóhte gegyrwed amictus lumine sicut vestimento, Ps. Th. 103, 2.
hír-ness
hearing ⬩ subjection ⬩ service ⬩ a parish
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., and add: hearing Eára hérnisse (-nisses, L.) aures audiendi, Mk. R. 4, 23, Hérnisses, Mt. L. 11, 15. Hérnises, Lk L. 8, 8. From hérnise auditu, Mt. L. 13, 14. Te hérnise auditui, Jn.
ge-híran
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</b> said of the ear :--- trans. To hear sound or that which causes sound, to have cognizance of by means of the ear. the object a noun (pronoun) ꝥ íne stefne ic gehiére, Bl. H. 241, 6.
pluccian
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His leorning-cnihtas ða eár pluccedon ( uellebant ), Lk. Skt. 6, 1. Pluccian plumemus (cf. scecele scecen wé plectro plumemus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 79-80 : 83, 77-78), Hpt. Gl. 497, 73. Pluccian (later MS. plockien) vellere, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 1.
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